Bottle-opener.



H. 1. DAVlS-f BOTTLE OPENER, APPLICATION FILED JULY 19,1917

1,293,361, Pat nted Feb. 4, 1919.

- lwuentoz HENRY JEFFERsoNDaws HENRY JEFFERSON DAVIS, 0F WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA.

BOTTLE-OPEN ER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4,1919.

Application filed July 19, 1917. Serial No. 181,554.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY JnrrnRsoN DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waynesboro, in the county of Burke and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Openers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to means for removing crown corks or like stoppers from bottles. 7

All devices for removing crown corks known to me are open to the objection that they are liable to engage with the bead or flange at the mouth of the bottle and that in removing the seal or stopper, this flange or bead is liable to be cracked ofl or a portion of the bottle neck is liable to be cracked off with the bead or flange. There is nothing to prevent the opener from engaging with this head or flange.

The general object of this invention is to i provide a bottle opener for removing crown corks or sealsso designed as to eliminate all danger of chipping or cracking off the mouth of the bottle or the adjacent portion of the neck by providing what may be termed a fender engaging with the neck of the bottle and holding the ed e which engages the seal away from the flange so that it is impossible for the shoulder or edge 7 which engages with the seal itself or stopper centering the bottle relative to the cap from engaging with the head at the bottle mouth.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is very simple in construction, very convenient to use, and which may be cheaplymade.

Still another object is to provide a form of the device having the characters above described, in which means are provided for engaging edge, so that the bottle cannot be tilted and permit the edge to engage with the bead on the bottle neck.

' Still another object is to provide in this form of the device means whereby a simple movement of the bottle inward upon the actuating lever will shift the ca en aging edge upward relative to the bott e an cause it to engage the stopper or cap and remove it. Other objects will appear inthe course of thefollowing description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a front elevation of one form of my improved bottle opener;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with a bottle disposed in operative position;

F Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bottle opener illustrated in Fig. 1, the parts being separated;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of another and preferred form of bottle opener;

Figd.l 6 is a section on. the line 6-6 of Fig. 5; an

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary relatively enlarged section showing the manner in' which the bottle cap is engaged by the cap engaging edge and illustrating the manner in which the cap is removed.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3, which show one form of my invention, A designates a counter, wall or other suitable element to which the opening device is attached. The opener in this form comprises a strip of metal which is bent into approximate U form to provide a transverse blade or bar lOwith inwardly projecting side walls 11 and laterally projecting attaching flanges 12, which are perforated forthe passage of screws. The

bar 10 is less in width than the width of the strip from which this portion of the device is made and above the bar 10 the strip is formed to provide the laterally disposed ears 13, which project out beyond the face of the bar 10. This bar, as will hereafter appear, constitutes the cap engaging edge and a fender.

Disposed between the ears 13 and pivotally mounted thereon is a lever 14, which is formed of a strip of metal bent at its middle to provide two legs 15, these legs being disposed in substantially divergent relation, the extremities of the legs being pivoted to the ears 13 by means of rivets 16 and extending across the legs adjacent the rivets 16 is a cross bar 17. The bottles with which crown caps or seals are ordinarily used are provided at their mouths with the bead 18 and just belowthis head, the neck of the bottle is formed with an annular bulbous portion 19. Sometimes, however, the bottles arenot formed with the bulbous portion 19, or this bulbous portion is irregular so that it is flatter or less on one side than on another and, therefore, I form the member 10 with a portion 10 which will engage with the s de face of the bottle cap and act as a tender to tend the bottleoff so to prevent-the engagement of the edge 10 with the flange or bead 18.

In the practical use of the device as just described, the bottle is disposed with the bulbous portion 19 against the tender 10, and, as a consequence, the flange or bead 18 is held away from contact with the upper edge 10" of the transverseweb or bar 10, but

- this upperedge 10 is engaged with the projecting margiii "of the capQO. Upon a depressioii oi the lever 14-, the cross bar 17 en-- gages the top of the cap and forces the bottle downward. Inasmuch as the Projecting margin of the cap 20 is engaged by the upper d ge 10 of th'e'c'ross bar 10, it will be obvious that by forcing down upon the hottie, the cap will be disturbed and half of the cap will be forced away hem the mouth of the bottle and the bottle be opened. The fender constituted by the bar 10, however, absolutely prevents the beveled edge 10" rfromeng ging with the beadIS. The part 10 also acts in the sain'enian'ner in case the bulged portion 19 of the bottle is either not present or is too flat to be eil'ectiv'e. This 7 form of the device requiresth'e use oi two handa'beeanse one hand must be used to hold the bottle, ivhile the other han'd'is used to depress the lever 14.

To avoid this objection, I have devised another form 'of the invention, which is illustrated in Figs. '6 and 7 This form of the device com rises a base 21', which is attached by screws 'or other instrumentalities to the counter or other element A, this base being provided with two laterally spaced outwardly projecting arms 2-2. Inward of the ends of these arms, the arms are formed with an integral cross bar 23 cori"esponding in function to the cross bar 17. The means for engaging the cap comprises "a lever designated generally 24 having a relatively long, slightlycurved body and at its upper end formed with the upwardly and outwardly projecting '1atera11ys aced arms 25. The

lever at its upper end is formed with a transversely extending or widened head 26 to the lateral ends of which the arms 25 are connected or formed and this head is formed to provide 'a cap engaginc edge, 'ix hi'ch is preferably formed integral with the head. The head constitutes a cap en agin member and a fender and is the equivalent of the member loin-Fig. '3. The arms 25 are of such length tlratwhen the lever is moved back against and into contactwith the memberA, the edge 27 will bedisp'ifsed below but inwardof the cross bar 23. At its lower end the lever2 i is laterallywiden'ed toprovide laterally disposed wings 29-, which are curved outward and laterally so as to conform to the outward and lateral curvature of a bottle. r It will beseen that the cap engaging edge 27 is formed by not'chiiig inward the inner face of the head 26 so as to provide an upwardly and inwardly extending finger 27 which, like the part 1O engages with the side face of the cap and feuds the bottle oil so that the edge-27 will not engage with the bead 18 in case the bulbous portion 19 is not present or is too greatlyilattened to be effective. This portion 27 therefore constitute's a fender. y

In the use of this form 'o fthe' dev-jice', the lever normally hangs in Fig; 7 when it is desired to move the cap 20, the bb'ttle 24 inward into the position shown in Fig.

6 and this-eauses the cap engaging edge 27 to move upward relative to the bottleyaiid forces the cap off. Th'e tend'er it wii-l be seen bearsa'gainst the bulbous'poitio'n 19 in exactly the saine manner as'd'ces the web or cross bar 10 and acts as a readerreventin any contact of the upper edge of'the'blade with the head 18.

In both forms of my invention, I have provided a tender and cap engaging edge and means for relatively shifting the bottle and the cap engaging edge so to force the cap cit from the bottle,'*a'nd it wili'be noted that in the last referred to tor-m bf niy mechanism illustrated in Fig. "6,oi1l'y one hand need be used iforeperating the o ener. It will likewise be seen that many modification's might be made in the term and details of construction of this device, without in any way departingfrom the principle upon which it is based.

It may be said that a very large number of bottles 'bec'oine chip'p'ed, if not actually cracked or broken off at the neck, by the use of the ordinary or usual openers' aiid, as

so t l-rat when they relatively me'veathe were and away' irern eagagemefit t'h t e bead sen-15a aieea will be readily detached.

Having described my invention, what I claim is V 1. A bottle opener including a base having outwardly projecting arms formed with a cap engaging member disposed inward of the ends of the arms, a lever having outwardly and upwardly projecting arms at its upper end pivotally engaged with the extremities of the first named arms, said lever carrying between the arms a member having an upper edge adapted to engage the side edge of a bottle cap, said member constituting a fender engaging with the mouth of the bottle.

2. A bottle opener including a base having outwardly projecting arms formed with a cross bar disposed inward of the ends of the arms, a lever having outwardly and upwardly projecting arms at its upper end pivotally engaged with the extremities of the first named arms, said lever carrying between the arms a member having an upper edge adapted to engage the side edge of a bottle 'cap, said member constituting a fender engaging with the mouth of the bottle, the lower end of the leverbeing provided with laterally curved wings constituting means for centering the bottle with relation to the bottle engaging member, the'arms on the lever being of such length that when the lever is shifted inward against the supporting element, the cap engaging member Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the disposed between the arms will be inward of the cross bar between the arms projecting from the base.

3. A bottle opener including means engaging the central part of a bottle cap, means engageable with the margin of the cap and means for relatively shifting the said first named cap engaging means whereby to deform the cap, the means engaging with the margin of the cap being formed to provide a fender preventin the engagement of said means with the ead of a bottle mouth.

4. A bottle opener including means engaging the central part of a bottle cap, a member engageable with the margin of a bottle cap, said engaging means and said member being relatively movable, said member having an inner face forming a fender and having an edge engageable beneath the margin of the cap, and a portion above said edge engaging with the peripheral face of the flange of the bottle cap, and means for shifting said member with relation to the first named cap engaging means to deform the cap.

In testimonyl whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in t e presence of a witness.

HENRY JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Witness:

,FREDERIO B. WRIGHT.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 6. 

